How do you pronounce "Apricot" ?

'ape-ricot' or 'ahpricot'?

How do you pronounce "Apricot" ?
Ape-ricot
Reply:It rather depends on which side of the Atlantic you are from. Here in the 'home' of the English language it is the former of your examples.
Reply:Lol...depends on where you are from....I have heard both:)
Reply:Ape - ricot is correct
Reply:ay-pree-cot

(Ay as in clAY)
Reply:aaaahhhhh-pricot!
Reply:ape-ricot
Reply:both ways. i know i am odd in the way i do it. If i am saying "I want an apricot", it usually comes out as ahpricot. If I am saying "I want to get some apricots", it is usually ape-ricot
Reply:ahp-ricot. I'm from Detroit, Michigan.
Reply:Neither (nee-ther). LOL

I pronounce it AP-ricot. Without the "h".
Reply:My God, you're ugly
Reply:Ap-ri-cot
Reply:Ey-pricot
Reply:if you go to the following website they will actually pronounce it outloud for you!



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apricot

One entry found for apricot.





Main Entry: apri·cot

Pronunciation: 'a-pr%26amp;-"k?t, 'A-

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: alteration of earlier abrecock, ultimately from Arabic al-birquq the apricot, ultimately from Latin (persicum) praecox, literally, early ripening (peach) -- more at PRECOCIOUS

1 a : the oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor b : a tree that bears apricots

2 : a variable color averaging a moderate orange

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